A dark, romantic novel of love and obsession from Printz Honor medal winner and National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti.
Clara’s relationship with Christian is intense from the start, like nothing she’s ever experienced before. But what starts as devotion quickly becomes obsession, and it’s almost too late before Clara realizes how far gone Christian is—and what he’s willing to do to make her stay.
Now Clara has left the city—and Christian—behind. No one back home has any idea where she is, but she still struggles to shake off her fear. She knows Christian won’t let her go that easily, and that no matter how far she runs, it may not be far enough…
It’s strange, isn’t it, how that idea of belonging to someone can sound so great? It can be comforting, the way it makes things decided. We like the thought of being held, until it’s too tight. We like that certainty, until it means there is no way out. And we like being his, until we realize we’re not ours anymore.
Ehhh. The side stories weren’t really interesting to me. I wish this book just focused more on its central theme of toxic/obsessive relationships and emotional manipulation, because its strength was in those bits. And that ending was a disappointment too. It felt like the protagonist’s problems were all just magically washed away.
